cedar, spruce, and basswood SUP paddle

Nosing around in the back shed of an old lumberyard, I stumbled on an odd length piece of lumber. No one knew what it was. Finally the owner came out and looked at it. It was Sitka spruce he had purchased back in the day. I bought that piece of old wood and it is now the star of the show that is an Eye Candy paddle. That piece of Sitka spruce has a knot coming out the SIDE of the wood, so every time I rip a piece, a slice of that knot comes along. That's the eye in Eye Candy.

This paddle is built around a piece of reclaimed cedar supporting a reclaimed redwood blade. A piece of Sitka spruce is on each side of this straight shaft canoe paddle offering an eye in both directions.

This paddle features two pairs of book matched knots in the blade as well as an eye leading the way through the water, front and center in the first shaft piece

Buying an Eye Candy SUP paddle

A standard version Eye Candy is $USD 295.00. It is built with western red cedar blades and purpleheart trim. Three shaft pieces are western red cedar and two pieces are basswood. The handle is cedar. Blade has 4 oz. fiberglass cloth and epoxy on both sides. Final finish is Captain Z's spar varnish.
This paddle really wants to be a build to order! Cost is not an issue, it's the same as a custom, however you get to choose which wood and where you would like that wood, as well as the final finish.
If this is a gift, wavetrainSUP is happy to offer gift certificates, which allows the recipient to have their choice of wood used in building their paddle
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